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Definition of "fettle" []
- Proper or sound condition. (noun)
- Mental or emotional state; spirits: was in fine fettle. (noun)
- Metallurgy Loose sand or ore used to line the hearth of a reverberatory furnace in preparation for pouring molten metal. (noun)
- Metallurgy To line the hearth of (a reverberatory furnace) with loose sand or ore in preparation for pouring molten metal. (verb-transitive)
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Use "fettle" in a sentence
- "Please accept this simple three minute virtual coaching session as a substitute for my absence and distraction and I promise to be back in fine 'fettle' next week."
- "Without another word she left the room, clattering her heavy shoes at the door; and Mordacks foresaw a sad encounter on the morrow, without a good breakfast to "fettle" him for it."
- "Still in fine fettle at the age of 87, Ruth Young, a retired Oakland school nurse, jumped at the chance, she said, to “spit for the cause.”"
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